The influence of postnatal handling on adult neuroendocrine and behavioural stress reactivity

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 925-933

  Meerlo, Peter ^b   Horvath, K M ^a   Nagy, G M ^a   Bohus, B ^c   Koolhaas, J M ^c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Catecholamine; Coping; Corticosterone; Neonatal handling; Prolactin; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOSTERONE; NORADRENALIN; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CORTICOSTERONE; ELECTROSHOCK; EPINEPHRINE; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS;

EID: 0032717646     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1999.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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